Members of the second Ziegler Polar Expedition set out for the Franz Josef Land archipelago in 1903. The following year, the ship seen in the background sunk, leaving them stranded.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTHONY FIALA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

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The first Ziegler Polar Expedition brough along photographer Anthony Fiala, who took this picture in 1901. He logged it as "Alger Island showing snowcapped peak."
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTHONY FIALA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

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In 1901, the expedition landed on Alger Island to set up a camp sight. Evelyn Baldwin, the leader, carries an American flag.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTHONY FIALA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

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Seaman D.S. Mackiernan and First Assistant Scientist Russell Porter return to camp with their sled dogs in the spring of 1905.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTHONY FIALA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

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The expedition had been stranded for two years by the time a rescue ship reached them. Anthony Fiala is pictured at the time the lost explorers first met their rescuers.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTHONY FIALA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

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"Observations were made on the floating ice for longitude and for magnetic declination," wrote Ziegler of his team's scientific work.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTHONY FIALA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

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Members of the second Ziegler Polar Expedition dig in to their dinners. Despite being stranded for two years they managed to hunt enough to stay well fed.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTHONY FIALA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE